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(Application led Mar. 17, 1902.) (No Model.)

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EDWARD L. CADVVVEIL AND VILLIAM H. CADVELL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,291, dated June 3, 1902. Application filed March 17, 1902. Serial No. 98,534. (No model.)

To all wil/0m, t may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD Il. CADWELL and WILLIAM H. CADWELL, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Detroit,

in the county of l/Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (luspidors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to improvements in ouspidors for railway and other cars and conveyances, and more especially to that class of such devices which are setin the floor and operate to discharge their contents therefthrough; and its object is to provide a cuspidor which is so constructed that the closing of the cover operates to dump the contents through its open bottom and the opening of the cover closes the bottom to form a receptacle in the iioor, said opening being always closed in either position of the parts to prevent the ingress of dust or dirt from the outside.

VA further object of this construction is to provideadevice which willnotbecome clogged by dirt, has few parts, is simple, cheap, and not liable to get out of order.

To this end the invention consists in securing within an opening in the iioor of the car a casing flush with the surface of the floor and within this casing pivotally securing a casting, forming the bowl or bottom of the cuspidor, which bottom is extended upward at one side and hinged to the cover, which cover lies on the surface of the iioor and is guided only by the extended portion of the bowl moving within the casing; and the inventionfurther consists in the peculiar manner in which the bowl is pivoted and in the construction and combination of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- `Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section of a device embodying our invention on the line 1 l ofl Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with parts broken away to show the construction.

A is a rectangular casing forming the body of the cuspidor, which casing consists of four perpendicular Walls extended downward through an opening in the :Hoor .B and held therein by a iiange A at the upper end of the casing, which flange engages a recess in the iioor and is secured therein flush with the surface thereof by screws. Vithin said casing is pivotally secured the casting C, forming the bottom or bowl of the cuspidor, which casting consists of a curved bottom portion C', which is of a width to fit within the casing A and is provided with iianges C2, forming the sides of the bowl, the portion C' being extended upward to the top of the easing A, where it is connected byhinges D to the cover E of the cuspidor'.

vThe cover E lies upon the surface of the floor and is adapted to be moved longitudinally over the top of the casing A to close the same, said cover being guided in such movement by the upper end of the casting C moving between the side walls of the casing, and therefore no ways or other guides on the door are necessary.

A rod F, passing through the side walls of the casing A, extends across the casing beneath the bottom C-and forms a pivot for the bowl, which is held in engagement therewith and permitted to slide thereon by means of the guide-loops G, which consist of rods eX- tending parallel with the bottom C and at a sufficient distance therefrom to allow the rod F to move freely between said guides and the bottom C' andare turned at right angles near their ends,which ends are secured in openings in said bottom. The bowl or casting C is thus pivotedto turn upon the rod F and also has a longitudinal or sliding movement there on, so that when it is turned to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, by the closing of the cover, said bowl will slide on `the rod F and will not raise the cover from the iioor, but will tend by its added weight to hold said cover down. A rib on the inner side of one of the walls of the casing A is engaged by the lower end of the bottom C when the cuspidor is open and prevents the forward end of the cover and the attached bowl from being lifted and also covers the space between the wall and bowl and prevents the dirt, dac., from getting between the same and preventing the bottom from closing tightly.

What We claim as our invention :is-

l. In a cuspidor, the combination with the car-floor having an opening; of a longitudi! IOC nally-movable cover to close said opening and casing forming the body of the cuspidorand open at its top and bottom, of a longitudinally-movable cover to close the upper end of said casing, and a pivoted bowl to close the lower end of said casing having a portion extended upward and hinged to the cover and adapted to guide the same.

3. In a cuspidor, the combination with a casing open at its top and bottom, of a longitndinally-movable cover to close the kupper end of said casing, a bowl to close the lower end of the casing, having a portion extended upward and hinged to the cover, and a pivot upon which said bowl is free to turn and to slide.

4. In a cuspidor, the combination with a rectangular casing forming the body of the cuspidor and open at its top and bottom, of a cover to close the top of said casing, a bowl within said casing, having a portion extended upward and hinged to said cover, a rod extending transversely across the casing and a guide-loop on said bowl engaging said rod and holding the bowl in engagement therewith.

5. In a cuspidor, the combination with a rectangular casing. forming the body of the cuspidor and open at its top and bottom, of a longitudinally-movable cover to close the upper end of said casing, a bowl having a curved bottom portion extended upward to the top of the casing and side lianges engaging the side wall of the casing, hinges connecting the upper end of said bottom portion with said cover, a rodv extending through the walls of the casing and transversely across the same, guide-loops on the bottom portion of the bowl engaging said rod, and a rib on the casing forming a stop to engage the lower end of said bottom portion.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

' EDWARD L. CADWELL. WILLIAM H. CADWELL. Witnesses:

O'r'ro F. BARTHEL, LEWIS E. FLANDERS. 

